The scoundrel's dictionary [T85050] [ecco]

DMI number:

868

Publication Date:

1754

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T85050

EEBO/ECCO link:

CB130272550

Shelfmark:

Ecco - Bod

Full Title:

THE | SCOUNDREL's DICTIONARY, | OR AN | EXPLANATION | OF THE | CANT WORDS | Used by [i]Thieves, House-Breakers, Street-Rob- | bers[/i] and [i]Pick-Pockets[/i] about Town. | To which is prefixed, | Some curious DISSERTATIONS on the | ART of WHEEDLING; | And a Collection of their FLASH SONGS, | with a proper GLOSSARY. | The Whole printed from a Copy taken on one of their | Gang, in the late Scuffle, between the Watchmen | and a Party of them on Clerkenwell-Green; which | Copy is now in the Custody of one of the Constables | of that Parish. | [double rule] | LONDON: | Printed for J. BROWNNELL, in Pater-noster-Row. | MDCCLIV. | [Price 6d.

Place of Publication:

London

Format:

Octavo

Price:

6 d

Comments:

Contents: prose pp. [3]-14; Gypsies and Beggars Cant pp. 14-21; 'Canting songs; the best Sort. In Cant and English' pp. 22-32; prose note p. 32. Prose includes some verse quotations; only those quotations 4 lines or longer have been indexed.

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Publisher:

J. Brownnell

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Absolute (100%)

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First Line:

Thus they on flattery build foundations bad

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p.5

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You smile to see me whom the world perchance

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p.6

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And so like a disease they swiftly spread

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p.11

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Bing out been morts rand tour and tour

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p.22

Poem Title:

The Advice, &c. A Song in Cant.

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Go forth brave girls look out look out

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pp.23-24

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The same Song in English.

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Doxy thy glaziers shine

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pp.24-25

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The King of the Gipsies Song, made upon his Beloved Doxey or Mistress.

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My bonny lass by the mass I swear

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pp.25-26

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In English thus:

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Now my kinching cove is gone

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pp.26-27

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The Rum-Morts Song, in Praise of her Maunder, who had forsaken her.

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Now my little rogue is gone

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p.27

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The Sense in English thus

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The budge it is a delicate trade

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pp.28-29

Poem Title:

The Budge's Song, in Cant.

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Good people give ear whilst a story I tell

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pp.30-31

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The black Profession: A Song.

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There is a black and sullen hour

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pp.31-32

Poem Title:

A Song.

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